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GREENING NYC: STREET TREE CARE
TIPS AND CITYWIDE RESOURCES
Tree Care Steps
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Remove any garbage (cigarette buds, plastic wrappers, dog poop, gum etc.)
Weed tree pit with a hand trowel
Loosen top soil of tree bed (2-3 inches top layer) with hand cultivator or trowel while being mindful not to disturb
the soil immediately around the trunk
Mix compost into the loosened soil
DO NOT RAISE THE SOIL LEVEL IN THE BED, MIX COMPOST INTO EXISTING SOIL
Mulch tree bed with one to two inches of fresh mulch being careful not to mound mulch up against the trunk
Take a Citizen Pruner Course
Water each young tree 15-20 gallons once a week between May and October
What to Pack for Your Next Street Tree Stewardship Day
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Trowels and Hand Cultivators
Trash Bags and Grabbers
Brooms
Compost and Mulch
Watering jugs
Web Resources
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Million Trees (NYC Parks) - Excellent information about the proper care of street trees in NYC, resources and
plant lists for street tree pits www.milliontreesnyc.org
Trees New York – Citizen Pruner courses, curb your dog signs, stormwater control, youth programs and tree
guard information http://www.treesny.org/
Partnerships for Parks – Partnerships for Parks helps New Yorkers work together to make neighborhood parks
thrive! Visit our website for the latest information on programs and resources
http://www.partnershipsforparks.org
New York Restoration Project (NYRP) - As part of the MillionTreesNYC initiative, NYRP partners with
community organizations throughout the five boroughs to give away hundreds of free trees to New Yorkers
nearly every weekend of the spring and fall seasons https://www.nyrp.org/green-spaces/tree-giveaway
Brooklyn Botanic Garden – Free classes on street tree care, planting guides for street tree pits and
downloadable tree care guides http://www.bbg.org/greenbridge/street_trees
Trees Count! – Trees Count! 2015 is NYC Parks’ effort to map and catalogue every street tree on every block in
New York City, register your group or join an existing one to help out
http://www.nycgovparks.org/trees/treescount
@PfPNYC #PfP2015
PartnershipsforParks
Want to see changes in your local park? Our team of outreach coordinators can help
connect you with the appropriate people and resources to transform these spaces.
Look up your outreach coordinator below by borough and district:
QUEENS
Nichole Henderson-Roy (Community Boards 1, 2, 5, 9)
718.520.5913, [email protected]
District 1: Astoria, Long Island City (LIC)
District 2: Woodside, Sunnyside
District 5/5a: Middle Village, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Glendale, Forest Park
District 9: Woodhaven, Ozone Park, Kew Gardens Hills
Delicia Davis (Community Boards 8, 10, 12, 13, 14)
718.520.5961, [email protected]
District 8: Fresh Meadows, Jamaica Estates, Hollis, Hollis Hills, Briarwood, Hillcrest,
Jamaica Hills
District 10: Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Howard Beach
District 12: Jamaica, South Jamaica, Hollis, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens
District 13: Bellerose, Queens Village, Cambria Heights, Brookville, Laurelton, Rosedale
District 14: Rockaway Beach, Far Rockaway, Broad Channel, Arverne, Edgemere, Belle
Harbor, Neponsit
Bin Feng Zheng (Community Boards 3, 4, 6, 7, 11)
718.520.5948, [email protected]
District 3: Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst
District 4: Elmhurst, Corona
District 6: Forest Hills and Kew Gardens
District 7: Flushing, Whitestone, Malba Estates, College Point, Bayside
District 11: Bayside, Auburndale, Oakland Gardens, Little Neck, Douglaston
MANHATTAN
Kirsti Bambridge (Community Boards 1, 2 and 3)
212.408.0216, [email protected]
District 1: Financial District, Battery Park City, Civic Center, Tribeca, Chinatown
District 2: Soho, West Village, Little Italy
District 3: Lower East Side, East Village, Chinatown
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Kristy DiCario (Community Boards 6, 8 and 15)
212.408.0214, [email protected]
District 6: Murray Hill, Gramercy, Stuyvesant Town
District 8: Upper East side, Yorkville
District 15: The Esplanade
Hassan King (Community Boards 4, 5 and 7)
212.408.0283, [email protected]
District 4: Chelsea, Flatiron
District 5: Midtown, Theater District, Garment District, Union Square
District 7: Upper West Side, Lincoln Square
Shamell Martin (Community Boards 9, 10 and Historic Harlem Parks)
212.408.0230, [email protected]
District 9: Manhattanville, Hamilton Heights, Morningside Heights, Striver’s Row
District 10: West Harlem, Sugar Hill
Danica Doroski (Community Boards 11, 12)
212.408.0282, [email protected]
District 11: Harlem, Mount Morris Historic District, Spanish Harlem
District 12: Northern Manhattan, Washington Heights, Inwood, Fort George
BROOKLYN
Emily Sherrod (Community Boards 1, 2, 5, 8, 9)
718-965-6991, [email protected]
District 1: Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bushwick
District 2: Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill, Downtown, Dumbo, Vinegar Hill, Fort Greene,
Clinton Hill
District 5: Cypress Hills, City Line, New Lots, Spring Creek, Starrett City, Broadway
Junction
District 8: Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Weeksville
District 9: Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Wingate, Crown Heights
Christopher Yandoli (Community Boards 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 16)
718.965.8992, [email protected]
District 4: Bushwick, Ridgewood
District 6: Park Slope, Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Columbia Waterfront
District
District 7: Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park, Greenwood Heights
District 10: Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights,
District 11: Bensonhurst, Bath Beach
District 13: Sea Gate, Coney Island, Brighton Beach
District 16: Ocean Hill, Brownsville
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Claudette Ramos (Community Boards 3, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18)
718.965.8407, [email protected]
District 3: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Heights, Weeksville, Ocean Hill
District 12: Parts of Ditmas, Borough Park
District 14: Parts of Flatbush and Ditmas
District 15: Gravesend, Home Crest, Sheepshead Bay, Plumb Beach, Gerritsen Beach,
Manhattan Beach
District 17: Rugby, Remsen Village, East Flatbush
District 18: Canarsie, Paerdegat Basin, Flatlands, Marine Park, Bergen Beach
BRONX
Barbara Nikonorow (Community Boards 1, 4, 5, 6)
718.430.4641, [email protected]
District 1: Port Morris, Mott Haven, The hub, Melrose
District 4: Concourse, Highbridge, Concourse Village, Mount Eden
District 5: University Heights, Mount Hope, Tremont, Morris Heights
District 6: Belmont, East Tremont, Bronx Park South,West Farms
Linda Bonilla (Community Boards 2, 7, 8, 9)
718.430.1861, [email protected]
District 2: Hunt's Point, Longwood
District 7: Norwood, University Heights, Jerome Park, Bedford Park, Fordham, Kingsbridge
Heights
District 8: Riverdale, Spuyten Duyvil, Van Cortlandt Village, Kingsbridge, Kingsbridge
Heights, Fieldston, Marble Hill
District 9: Bronx River, Soundview, Harding Park, Castle Hill, Parkchester, Classon Point
Ciara Gannon (Community Boards 3, 10, 11, 12)
718.430.4667, [email protected]
District 3: Crotona Park, Claremont Village, Concourse Village, Woodstock, Morrisania
District 10: Co-Op City, City Island, Spencer Estates,Throgs Neck, Country Club, Zerega,
Westchester Square, Pelham Bay, Schuylerville, Edgewater, Locust Point, Silver Beach
District 11: Morris Park, Pelham Parkway, Pelham Gardens, Allerton, Bronxdale, Laconial,
Van Nest
District 12: Edenwald, Wakefield, Woodlawn, Fish Bay, Eastchester, Olinville, Baychester
STATEN ISLAND
Stefanie Gutierrez (Community Boards 1 West of Clove Road and 3)
718.390.8016, [email protected]
District 1 - (Mariners Harbor, Arlington, Port Richmond, Granitville, Westerleigh, Livingston,
West Brighton, New Brighton, Saint George, Thompkinsville, Stapleton, Grymes Hill, Fox
Hills, Park Hill, Rosebank)
District 3 - (Tottenville, Bloomingdale, Mount Loretto, Prince's Bay, Hugenot Beach,
Hugenot, Great Kills, Annadale, Arden Heights)
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Amoy Barnes (Community Boards 1 East of Clove Road and 2)
718.390.8022, [email protected]
District 1 - (Mariners Harbor, Arlington, Port Richmond, Graniteville, Westerleigh,
Livingston, West Brighton, New Brighton, Saint George, Thompkinsville, Stapleton,
Grymes Hill, Fox Hills, Park Hill, Rosebank)
District 2 - (New Dorp, South Beach, Midland Beach, Arrochar, Grasmere)
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NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT
SPRING 2015 TREE GIVEAWAYS CALENDAR
Pick up your free tree! In partnership with community organizations across the
five boroughs, NYRP is giving away trees. NYC residents can pick up a free tree
and learn how to plant and care for them.
To reserve your free tree, register online at www.nyrp.org/treegiveaways
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MARCH 2015
APRIL 2015
March 14 // 11:00am–1:00pm
55 E. 115th St.; Harlem, Manhattan
116 Street Block Association, Inc.
MAY 2015
April 18 // 11:00am–1:00pm
3075 Baisley Ave., The First
Lutheran Church of Throggs Neck;
Schuylerville, Bronx
Waterbury LaSalle Community
Association
March 21 // 11:00am–1:00pm
Broadway & Mosholu Ave., FVCP
compost site in Van Cortlandt Park;
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park
March 21 // 11:30am–1:30pm
Lafayette Ave., Hunts Point Riverside
Park; Hunts Point, Bronx
Sustainable South Bronx
March 22 // 9:00am–11:00am
1086 E. 180 St..; West Farms, Bronx
River Community Garden
March 28 // 9:00am–11:00am
Pugsley Ave. & Seward Ave., next to
tennis courts;
Castle Hill, Bronx
Bronx Guild High School
March 28 // 11:00am–1:00pm
1768 Bryant Ave.;
Claremont Village, Bronx
We Stay / Nos Quedamos Committee Inc. & The Office of Council
Member Maria Del Carmen Arroyo
Date & time subject to change; check online before attending a giveaway.
Registration will be posted no earlier than three weeks before a giveaway date.
Limited quantities will be available for walk-ups on a first-come first-served basis.
April 19 // 10:00am–12:00pm
924 Melrose Ave. at E.163rd Ave.;
Melrose, Manhattan
NYC Parks GreenThumb
April 19 // 1:30pm–3:30pm
East 141st St. & Brook Ave.;
Mott Haven, Bronx
Friends of Brook Park & Per Scholas
April 25 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
3798 Broadway at W. 158th St.;
Washington Heights, Manhattan
TD Bank: 158th & Broadway
April 26 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
281 W. 230th St.;
Kingsbridge, Bronx
TD Bank: Kingsbridge
May 3 // 10:00am–12:00pm
306-310 East 118th St.;
East Harlem, Manhattan
NYC Parks GreenThumb
May 3 // 11:00am–1:00pm
1211 Hoe Ave.;
Hunts Point, Bronx
Urban Rebuilding Initiative
May 9 // 9:00am–11:00am
547 E. 146th St., Betances
Cornerstone Community Center;
Mott Haven, Bronx
BronxWorks
May 10 // 10:00am–12:00pm
512 W. 143rd St.;
Hamilton Heights, Manhattan
The Brotherhood/Sister Sol
May 10 // 10:00am–12:00pm
1640 Park Ave.;
East Harlem, Manhattan
Urban Garden Center
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO RESERVE YOUR FREE TREE VISIT NYRP.ORG/TREEGIVEAWAYS
lead sponsor
lead partners
supporting
sponsor
NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT
SPRING 2015 TREE GIVEAWAYS CALENDAR
Pick up your free tree! In partnership with community organizations across the
five boroughs, NYRP is giving away trees. NYC residents can pick up a free
tree and learn how to plant and care for them.
To reserve your free tree, register online at www.nyrp.org/treegiveaways
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MARCH 2015
Date & time subject to change; check online before attending a giveaway.
Registration will be posted no earlier than three weeks before a giveaway date.
Limited quantities will be available for walk-ups on a first-come first-served basis.
April 11 // 10:00am–12:00pm
18 Putnam Ave.; Fort Greene
Greene Hill Food Co-op
March 14 // 11:30am–1:30pm
107 Norman Ave., Greenpoint Library;
April 11 // 10:00am–12:00pm
Greenpoint
686 Lafayette Ave., Magnolia Plaza;
Brooklyn Public Library
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Pratt Area Community Council
March 21 // 11:00am-1:00pm
2925 Neptune Ave.; Coney Island
Friends of Kaiser Park and The Office April 12 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
Corner of Newkirk & 8th; Flatbush
of Council Member Mark Treyger
Compost For Brooklyn
March 22 // 10:00am–12:00pm
April 18 // 10:00am–12:00pm
1701 Mermaid Ave.; Coney Island
264-266 Skillman Ave.;
Brooklyn Community Services
East Williamsburg
NYC Parks GreenThumb
March 22 // 11:00am–1:00pm
2 Second Ave., The Salt Lot; Gowanus
April 19 // 11:00am–1:00pm
Gowanus Canal Conservancy
9216 Seventh Ave.; Fort Hamilton
Poly Prep Country Day School
March 28 // 10:00am–12:00pm
990 Washington Ave., parking lot;
April 20 // 3:30pm–5:30pm
Crown Heights
534 Carroll St., Gil Hodges
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Community Garden; Gowanus
PwC & Brooklyn Nets
March 29 // 10:00am-12:00pm
120 Jefferson St.; Bushwick
El Garden
April 26 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
2063 Ralph Ave.; Flatlands
APRIL 2015
TD Bank: Georgetown
April 4 // 11:00am–1:00pm
387 Cumberland St.; Fort Greene
Friends of South Oxford Park, Inc.
MAY 2015
May 2 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
410 Livonia Ave., Powell St. Garden;
Brownsville
Isabahlia Ladies of Elegance
Foundation Inc.
May 9 // 11:00am–1:00pm
1368 Fulton St., Restoration Plaza;
Bedford-Stuyvesant
The Office of Council Member Robert
E. Cornegy, Jr. & Bedford Stuyvesant
Restoration Corporation
May 9 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
Jamaica Ave. between Ashford &
Warwick St., Children’s Garden;
Cypress Hills
Cypress Hills Local Development
Corporation
May 17 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
4910 14th Ave.; Borough Park
The Office of Council Member
David G. Greenfield
April 26 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
1715 Bedford Ave.; Crown Heights
TD Bank: Crown Heights
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO RESERVE YOUR FREE TREE VISIT NYRP.ORG/TREEGIVEAWAYS
lead sponsor
lead partners
supporting
sponsor
NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT
SPRING 2015 TREE GIVEAWAYS CALENDAR
Pick up your free tree! In partnership with community organizations across
the five boroughs, NYRP is giving away trees. NYC residents can pick up a
free tree and learn how to plant and care for them.
To reserve your free tree, register online at www.nyrp.org/treegiveaways
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MARCH 2015
March 28 // 9:30am–11:30am
95th & Atlantic Ave., Phil ‘Scooter’
Rizzuto Park; Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill EDC
APRIL 2015
Date & time subject to change; check online before attending a giveaway.
Registration will be posted no earlier than three weeks before a giveaway date.
Limited quantities will be available for walk-ups on a first-come first-served basis.
April 12 // 11:00am–1:00pm
2302 Francis Lewis Blvd., A & S Nursery;
Bayside/Whitestone
Bayside-Whitestone Lions Club
April 18 // 9:00am–11:00am
45th St. & 30th Rd., Astoria Heights
Playground; Astoria
Friends of Astoria Heights Park
April 4 // 10:00am–12:00pm
40-24 62 St.; Woodside
Woodside Neighborhood Association
April 18 // 10:00am–12:00pm
9029-31 Eldert Ln; Woodhaven
Green Earth Urban Gardens Inc.
April 4 // 11:00am–1:00pm
3-17 26th Ave.; Astoria
The New York City Compost Project
hosted by Build It Green!NYC
April 19 // 10:00am–12:00pm
264 Beach 116th St.; Rockaway Park
Beach 116 Street Partnership
April 11 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
60 Market St., Christ Community
Church; Breezy Point
Breezy Point Green Committee &
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester
County
April 11 // 1:30pm–3:30pm
56-18 69th St., Maspeth Federal Savings
Bank; Maspeth
The Office of Council Member
Elizabeth S. Crowley
April 12 // 10:00am–12:00pm
Corner of 69th St. & 35th Ave.,
JHSCRAPS;
Jackson Heights
Jackson Heights Beautification Group
April 12 // 10:00am–12:00pm
533 Beach 126th St.; Rockaway Park
Rockaway Civic Association
April 25 // 11:00am–1:00pm
214-32 Jamaica Ave.; Queens Village
TD Bank: Jamaica
April 25 // 11:00am–1:00pm
94-15 Northern Blvd.; Jackson Heights
TD Bank: Corona
May 10 // 10:00am–12:00pm
53-51 111th St., Flushing Meadows Corona
Park; Corona
Wildlife Conservation Society - Queens
Zoo
May 16 // 10:30am–12:30pm
193 St. off Aberdeen, Cunningham Park;
Flushing
Friends of Cunningham Park
May 16 // 10:30am–12:30pm
144-39 Gravett Rd.; Flushing
PSMS 219
May 16 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
22806 Northern Blvd., Alley Pond
Environmental Center; Douglaston
Douglaston Garden Club & BSA Troop 158
May 16 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
4404 Skillman Ave., Queen of Angels;
Sunnyside
The Office of Council Member Jimmy Van
Bramer
May 17// 11:00am–1:00pm
53-21 Vernon Blvd; Long Island City
HarborLAB
MAY 2015
May 2 // 10:00am–12:00pm
10th Street & Queens Plaza South;
Long Island City
NYC Parks GreenThumb
May 17 // 11:30am–1:30pm
5803 Rockaway Beach Blvd;
Rockaway Park
Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
May 3 // 11:00am–1:00pm
385 Beach 45th St.; Far Rockaway
Edgemere Farm
May 9 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
149th Ave. & Springfield Ln, Idlewild Park
Preserve; Jamaica
Eastern Queens Alliance’s Idlewild Park Preservation Committee & Friends of Idlewild Park
May 17 // 1:00pm–3:00pm
Queens Blvd. & 70th Ave.,
MacDonald Park; Forest Hills
Four Borough Neighborhood Preservation
Alliance
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO RESERVE YOUR FREE TREE VISIT WWW.NYRP.ORG/TREEGIVEAWAYS
lead sponsor
lead partners
supporting
sponsor
NEW YORK RESTORATION PROJECT
SPRING 2015 TREE GIVEAWAYS CALENDAR
Pick up your free tree! In partnership with community organizations across the
five boroughs, NYRP is giving away trees. NYC residents can pick up a free
tree and learn how to plant and care for them.
To reserve your free tree, register online at www.nyrp.org/treegiveaways
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Date & time subject to change; check online before attending a giveaway.
Registration will be posted no earlier than three weeks before a giveaway date.
Limited quantities will be available for walk-ups on a first-come first-served basis.
MARCH 2015
MAY 2015
March 21 // 10:00am–12:00pm
298 Satterlee St.; Tottenville
Conference House Park Conservancy and
Tottenville Civic Association Inc.
May 2 // 9:00am–11:00am
2 Eaton Pl., Carousel For All Children,
Willowbrook Park; Willobrook
Greenbelt Conservancy
March 22 // 12:00pm–2:00pm
1466 Manor Rd; Manor Heights
Jewish Community Center of Staten Island
May 2 // 1:00pm–3:00pm
1000 Richmond Terrace; Randall Manor
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
March 29 // 11:00am–1:00pm
115 John St.; Port Richmond
Staten Island Buddhist Vihara
APRIL 2015
April 4 // 10:30am–12:30pm
1600 Hylan Blvd; Dongan Hills
Rab’s Country Lanes
April 25 // 11:00am–1:00pm
1600 Forest Ave.; Elm Park
TD Bank: Forest and Crystal
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO RESERVE YOUR FREE TREE VISIT NYRP.ORG/TREEGIVEAWAYS
lead sponsor
lead partners
supporting
sponsor